“My nest” is how Fyodor Dostoyevsky described his home in Staraya Russa, where his family settled in the spring of 1873. He wrote his famous novel The Brothers Karamazov in a small study on the first floor, inspired by Staraya Russa and its residents who served as the basis for the fictional city and the novel’s characters.
Highlights
- Staraya Russa resort
- Monument to Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Church of St Nicholas on the marketplace
- Georgiyevskaya Street, memorial plaque on the House of Father Ioann Rumyantsev (the first place where the Dostoyevsky family lived in Staraya Russa)
- Church of St George (the church frequented by the Dostoyevsky family)
- Icon of Our Lady of Staraya Russa
- Pisatelsky Pereulok
- Visit to the museum house of Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Dostoyevsky Embankment
- Scavenger-hunt tour of The Brothers Karamazov museum
- Cathedral Square
- The St Nicholas Convent in Kosino
- Dostoevsky-themed lunch at Cafe Bashnya
